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Salary: £145,600 - 145,600 per year
Requirements: We need someone with good ability to debug complex problems and produce the documentation required to achieve the necessary safety level.We need someone who can author specifications across the full lifecycle, including planning, design, and test documents.We need experience in requirements analysis.We need knowledge of source configuration control processes such as PVCS, RTC, and Git.We need someone who can work with minimal supervision.We need experience working with formal requirements capture tools.We need significant previous experience developing bare-metal embedded software using C/C++.We need previous experience developing and verifying embedded software in C at a high safety integrity level such as SIL4, DO178C Level B, or equivalent.We need experience creating specifications and compliance records in DOORS.We need working knowledge of C/C++ for testing special builds and carrying out focused code reviews.We need experience with unit testing using LDRA, RAPITA, CPPUnit, or an equivalent testing tool.We need understanding of code coverage and the techniques or strategies used to cover or justify shortfalls.We need experience working in a lab environment with live equipment such as PSUs, scopes, and logic analysers while conducting system tests.Desirable: significant experience developing software to DO178C Level B.Desirable: knowledge of defence standards and micro-controller technologies.Desirable: experience testing on development cards with a test environment or bare-metal with special builds.Desirable: experience using RAPITA test systems.Desirable: knowledge and use of ALM.Desirable: experience creating and using virtual machines such as VMWare. Responsibilities: We are responsible for delivering the on-board software for the next generation of missile systems.We will architect, design, implement, and test missile subsystem software.We will develop software through the full lifecycle for safety-related real-time systems application software.We will work hands-on across the full software lifecycle in our development facility. Technologies: ArchitectEmbeddedGitVMwareC++ More:
We are a world leader in missile and missile systems, and we are looking for a highly capable and adaptable Embedded C Software Engineer to join our Development Facility in Stevenage, Hertfordshire. This is an initial 6-month contract role with ongoing and long-term potential thereafter. The role is onsite, although a 4-day working week from Monday to Thursday is available. The position is 37 hours per week, with overtime paid at time and a quarter for hours worked above 37. The contract is inside IR35 and offered via umbrella engagement.
last updated 30 week of 2026